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Thematic Comparative Analysis of Gloria Anzaldua's Hybridity and Creative Identity as Described in Borderlands and Toni Morrison's Sula

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Toni Morrisons "Sula" and Gloria Anzalduas "Borderlands" both describe situations of women struggling in cultures in which continuously opposing forces and cultural identities lead them to dichotomies which in some  cases end in a negative direction as in "Sula" but in other instances lead to creativity as described in Anzalduas "Borderlands" and the Aztec elements of tlilli, tlapilli which symbolize  writing and wisdom and allow for the bridge to be attained through the gods and spirit world and that which lies beneath. The themes found in the writings of Morrison  and Anzaldua are also used in the poetry of Suniti Namjoshi and Gillian Hanscombes found in their work "Flesh and Paper" and in Susan Willis essay in the text "Making  a Difference". Within Toni Morrisons "Sula", she develops a number of themes which are repeated and relevant throughout the book and which  reflect several important themes also found in other texts written by women minorities. Some of the themes reflected are those which deal with the conflicts which exist either between African-Americans,  their culture and non-African Americans, between the different classes which exist within society, between the development of identity and self versus the development of the masses and the different themes  related to sexist elements in society. Within her work are the essential themes used in "African-American and expressive enterprise" and discuss the central themes of African-Americans and women namely: double  consciousness, dialogics of difference/dialectics of identity, simultaneity of oppression/discourse, immersion and ascent, roots and routes, anchorage and voyage" and other related dichotomies (Basu 88). One of Morrisons passages given by  Sula on her death bed and although it is given as one long sentence, it is punctuated by semi colons and constructed of eight different units which address different aspects